Information Technology in the
Corporation
Rob Jenkin
9.13.2005
2007 Lincoln Aviator
2005 Ford Mustang
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Overview
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Challenging Business and IT Landscape
Technology Evolution: Flexibility but controlled
Ford IT Profile
IT companies
Role of IT in the corporation
Key Skills
Personal Development
What do you want?
GT Prototype – Shelby GR-1
Challenging Business and IT Landscape
An interconnected world with a complex web of
applications, data and infrastructures
Regulatory Compliance
Closer to the
Customer
Corporate Portal
Data
Warehouse
Supply
Management
Backbone Systems
(Applications &
Infrastructures)
Collaboration: Supply Chain,
. . . requires a renewed
Manufacturing, Product Development approach and focus on risk
Source: Deloitte Consulting
management and security
IT Challenges Are A Reflection of IndustryWide Change and Volatility
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Keeping pace with the speed of change is essential to succeed, yet
– It is becoming increasingly difficult to make changes (complexity of interconnected legacy systems, user skepticism/fatigue, cost and time
required…..etc…..)
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Budgets are increasingly consumed by “cost of doing business” – (controls,
security, regulations, basic maintenance, increasing business volume of IT
utilities, …etc…..)
Competencies to keep up with growing complexity is a challenge (multiple
generations of technology, system’s integration, systems architecture,
performance/scalability, ….etc…)
A Fragmented IT vendor community and a multitude of legacy sourcing
contracts makes business integration and change management extremely
tough.
Small, powerful, wireless enabled technologies emerging rapidly increasing
the management challenges that go with massively distributed technologies.
How do we deal with these challenges and simultaneously
help the business adapt to increase competitive differentiation?
Technology Evolution:
IT must manage the gap
between flexibility (chaos) and consistency (control)
Chaos
E-business
Web
Services
Mobile
Data
Computing
Warehouses
Internet
Personal Computing
Mainframe
Computing
Computing
70s
Systems
Management
Control
B2B
80s
90s
• Technology Evolution
• Information Growth
• Supply Chain Scope
00’s
Network
Management Desktop
Management
Security
Windows
Industry Management
Standards
Utility
J2EE
Model
• Reliability
• Security
• Privacy
This capability is fundamental to business success
…and the gap to manage is getting bigger
Only An Adaptive Enterprise Can Keep Pace With Today’s
Staggering Rate of Change
Adaptive Enterprise
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent,
but the one that is most responsive to change.” –Charles Darwin
“When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end
is in sight.” – Jack Welch
Adaptive Characteristics Allow Organizations to
“Evolve” in Changing Environments
Continuous ‘sensing’ and
Trend / pattern recognition
Sense and Respond
Recombine
Learn and Adapt
Continuous
Change
Innovation
Self-Organize
Seed, Select and Amplify
Destabilize
Mental Model Shifts /
Large Scale Change
IT Excellence
Protection
•Blocked more
than 3M viruses in
the past month!
•Daily eradicating
1.8M viruses
internally
•Deployed
Intrusion detection
Operations
Stability &
Efficiency
Solution
Delivery
•SDM usage increased
143% (unified & classic)
•Significant quality
improvements
•Negotiated new rates •Implemented releases
and smarter usage
of Product Development
•I/O round trip time software
CAD/CAM/CAE/
improved 50+%,
batch throughput by Product Info Mgmt
(C3P-Next Gen) for
better than 20%.
North American vehicle
programs
•Reduced Cost
•Continue to meet or
exceed our mainframe
SLA of 99.8%
Business &
Strategy
Alignment
•Developed new Cycle
Plan process (Apollo) and
was implemented for the
2004 funding/billing
launch
•Established 10 ARM
work streams & 15
TVMs=$200M savings
•Coordinated all IT for
NA plant closings
Ford IT Profile
• 6,000 IT professionals located worldwide
• 3 Major development centers (North America, Europe,
and India )
• 7 Data centers
• 180,000 desktops and engineering workstations
• 250,000 + network elements
• Over 2,000 terabytes of storage
• Hundreds of millions of lines of
code, supporting
2400 referencing applications
2006 Ford Fusion
IT Solutions
Global Purchasing
Applications
Operations Command
Center
FordSTAR Dealer
Communications
Call Centers
Telecommunications
Crash Simulation
Robots on the Plant
Floor
Career Opportunities in the IT Field
Corporation
Corporate
IT
Examples:
Ford
GE
Ford Bronco Prototype
Consultants
Packaged
Software
And Hardware
Accenture
Deloitte Consulting
IBM
SAP
Peoplesoft
Oracle
IBM
HP
Contract or
Agency Resources
Compuware
Kelly
2005 Mazda RX-8
Areas of IT within a corporation
Corporation
Business
Strategy
Business
Application
Process
Development
Improvement
Application Application
Management Services
Architecture/ Application
Infrastructure Implementation
Change
Management
Corporate IT
Packaged
Software
And Hardware
Consultants
Contract or
Agency Resources
Key Skills for an IT employee
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Teamwork
Systemic Thinking
Communication
People Management
Project Management
Change Management
Technology Knowledge
Process Analysis and Design
Ford Leadership
Behaviors
Leadership Behaviors:
Flawless Execution
Business Acumen
Commitment to Quality
Courage
Customer Satisfaction
Drive for Results
Innovation and Technical Excellence
Integrity
Demands the Truth
Does the Right Thing
Drives Diversity
Relationship
Community Commitment
Connects with Customers
Develops Employees and Teams
2005 Ford
Five Hundred
Our ideal candidate exhibits 12
characteristics -- Leadership
Behaviors -- that we find in our
successful leaders.
What to look for in a prospective company?
Programs and Development
Experience, Experience, Experience…
• New employee development programs
Training, Training, Training…
• Management training programs at all levels
• Training courses and facilities
• Education assistance
2005 Ford GT
2005 Volvo XC-90
Ford College
Graduate
Program
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Program Characteristics:
Considers your input in
determining assignments
Emphasizes different experiences
over time for development
Exposes you to global operations
while initially based in the U.S.
Introduces employees to Ford’s
business
Provides needed experience for
cross-functional assignments
2005 Volvo XC90
Developmental programs designed
to provide a solid foundation for your
career with experience in different
areas.
Information
Technology
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FCG Opportunities:
Application Development Services
Accelerated Solutions
Applications Management
Applications Services
Enterprise Architecture
Information Technology Infrastructure
Application & Infrastructure
Computer Network Services
Ford Systems Integration Services
New Business & Strategic Planning
Process & Technology Group
Enterprise Process & IT Integration
Global Consumer Systems
Manufacturing & Supply Chain
Product Development Systems
Ford IT Named “One of the
Best Places to Work in IT”
by Computerworld 2003
What do you want?
What do you want out of life?
• Goals Aspirations
• Fields of interest
Evaluate Prospective Employers
• Industry Outlook
• Highly Competitive in Field
• Employee Development
• Wide range of opportunities
2005 Aston Martin Vanquish
2005 Land Rover Range Rover
Employee
Benefits
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Examples:
Domestic Partner Benefits
Employee Resource Groups
Medical and Dental Benefits
Paid Vacation and Holiday
Relocation Assistance
Retirement Plan
Savings and Stock Investment Plan
Transitional Work Agreements
Tuition Assistance
Vehicle Purchase Discounts
Learn more about some of the great
benefits that help make Ford Motor
Company a preferred employer of
choice.
Building on a
Century of Success
Our Company
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Great Potential
Great Products
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Fortune 500 Company
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Ford Financial
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